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Wensleydale - a general history

Built at Paull, Yorks: Official No. 5034: Code Letters JFWN.

Owners: by 1867 Jeremiah Cross (Overstrand) Clay, Norfolk; May 1878 John Henry Payne (master mariner, Cromer, Norfolk & Dixon Taylor Sharper (sailmaker, Ferndale Terrace) West Hartlepool; January 1879 William W Coopland (Scarborough) West Hartlepool; 2 November 1881 John Knott (Blyth) West Hartlepool.

Masters: 1883 John Nott.

On or about 27 January 1883 John William Wigham, aged 17, was lost overboard.

Bound from Eyemouth for Hartlepool with a cargo of herrings in August 1883 Wensleydale was noticed to be sailing erratically a short distance from the shore. She was boarded by a pilot & others when it was found the master & mate were lying unconscious & bleeding. The schooner was towed in to Berwick to wait for the salvage claim to be satisfied. It was determined that the master & mate had been drunk & were fighting. Wensleydale went for breaking in September 1883.

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